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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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